game farming

**Wolverine67** · 04-14-2012, 01:05 PM

I would like to share with you a website I found. Since I am more than usual interested in wildlife and game management, I found this site quite educational and interesting.

Wildlife and Game Ranching in South Africa. | Wildliferanching.com

**Bobpuckett** · 04-14-2012, 03:03 PM

Trond you are right a very educational thanks for sharing.

**svinejakt** · 05-04-2012, 05:32 PM

Thanks a lot, this was interesting

Secret dream to have game ranch/farm

**Wolverine67** · 05-05-2012, 10:01 AM

Originally Posted by svinejakt

Thanks a lot, this was interesting

Secret dream to have game ranch/farm

Exactly! If I just could get my lotto coupon in....

But I dont dare to tell my wife...

**svinejakt** · 05-06-2012, 02:43 AM

Originally Posted by Wolverine67

Exactly! If I just could get my lotto coupon in....

But I dont dare to tell my wife...

The crazy part for me is that my better half wants to buy a game farm

but she doesn`t care about hunting, she just wants to have a guest house. The difficult part is the same, the guys from Hamar (lotto) never calls. I have seen a lot of farms in the eastern cape, but its not for free

**Stretch** · 05-06-2012, 07:51 AM

Originally Posted by svinejakt

The crazy part for me is that my better half wants to buy a game farm

but she doesn`t care about hunting, she just wants to have a guest house. The difficult part is the same, the guys from Hamar (lotto) never calls. I have seen a lot of farms in the eastern cape, but its not for free

What kind of cost are we talking about here? Is this something that is possible?

**svinejakt** · 05-06-2012, 08:14 AM

Well everything is possible to state that cliche

In the Eastern cape there are farms out on the marked for everything between 2-50 million rand. And the difficult part starts probably after you get the monet to buy it. Then you have to learn everything you need to operate it, get licenses and so on. To operate a game farm its probably best to live there? or do you have a guy you trust to operate it. This is the really difficult way to go, but still a dream

No more siting around the office, instead all your time in africa operating your own game ranch

I think its difficult to come from another country and to earn a lot of money doing this. But it would be a lot of fun in my dream

**Stretch** · 05-06-2012, 08:29 AM

Originally Posted by svinejakt

Well everything is possible to state that cliche

In the Eastern cape there are farms out on the marked for everything between 2-50 million rand. And the difficult part starts probably after you get the monet to buy it. Then you have to learn everything you need to operate it, get licenses and so on. To operate a game farm its probably best to live there? or do you have a guy you trust to operate it. This is the really difficult way to go, but still a dream

No more siting around the office, instead all your time in africa operating your own game ranch

I think its difficult to come from another country and to earn a lot of money doing this. But it would be a lot of fun in my dream

Ok. So a guy goes for broke, sells and cash's in everything. Is there a book out there "game farming for dummies"?
I know there is a couple guys owning farms yet operating out of the USA.
I have to believe the real advantage is to actually live the dream. Anything is possible if someone wants it bad enough.

**spike.t** · 05-06-2012, 08:56 AM

Originally Posted by Stretch

Ok. So a guy goes for broke, sells and cash's in everything. Is there a book out there "game farming for dummies"?
I know there is a couple guys owning farms yet operating out of the USA.
I have to believe the real advantage is to actually live the dream. Anything is possible if someone wants it bad enough.

stretch you would need a lot more than a game farming book for dummies. the main thing you would need is a very experienced and TRUSTWORTHY manager to run it and try and teach you about the animals, the bush, dealing with govnt bureaucracy , dealing with the staff and that is only the beginning

**Stretch** · 05-06-2012, 09:13 AM

Originally Posted by spike.t

stretch you would need a lot more than a game farming book for dummies. the main thing you would need is a very experienced and TRUSTWORTHY manager to run it and try and teach you about the animals, the bush, dealing with govnt bureaucracy , dealing with the staff and that is only the beginning

That's why I would need that book because I definitively qualify as a dummy

Kidding aside, it peaked my curiosity when I read about it.
I don't see this as a possibility for me but I am going to explore an alternate way to travel and hunt Africa as often as possible in the future.

**spike.t** · 05-06-2012, 09:37 AM

an alternate way to travel and hunt africa...... now you got me interested!!!

**Wolverine67** · 05-06-2012, 10:18 AM

Here are something to look at and dream about......
Eastern Cape Farms for sale

**svinejakt** · 05-07-2012, 12:40 AM

Originally Posted by Wolverine67

Here are something to look at and dream about......
Eastern Cape Farms for sale

I have dreamed on this on a regular basis. A good thing about those estates if you are ever going to buy. Most of them have been there for quite a while so I think you can bargain quite abit here

Stretch: It would be living a dream, but have to bet hard to fullfill it. Think it must be a retirement plan for now